Tiglath-Pileser III.
Tiglath-Pileser III (from the Hebraic form[1] of Akkadian:
Tukultī-apil-Ešarra, "my trust is in the son of Esharra") was
a prominent king of Assyria in the 8th century BC (ruled 745–
727 BC)[2][3] and is widely regarded as the founder of the
Neo-Assyrian Empire.[4][5] He is considered to be one of the
most successful military commanders in worl...
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a variation, and probably a corruption, of the name Tiglath-
pileser. 1Ch 5:6,26; 2Ch 28:20...
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or Tilgath-Pil-neser, the Assyrian throne-name of Pul
(q.v.). He
appears in the Assyrian records as gaining, in the
fifth year of
his reign (about B.C. 741), a victory over Azariah
(= Uzziah in
2 Chr.26:1), king of Judah, whose achievements are
described in
2 Chr. 26:6-15. He is first mentioned in Scripture,
however, as
gaining a victory ...
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til'-gath-pil-ne'-zer, til'-gath-pil-ne'-ser.
See TIGLATH-PILESER....
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